أَلاAh! لَيتَif only شِعريmy knowledge هَلwhether أَبيتَنَّI shall surely spend the night لَيلَةًa night
أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَبيتَنَّ لَيلَةً
بِحَزمِat Ḥazm (a rocky ridge) الصَفاal-Ṣafā تَهفوwafts عَلَيَّover me جَنوبُa south wind
بِحَزمِ الصَفا تَهفو عَلَيَّ جَنوبُ
Ah, if only I knew: shall I spend a night
Ah, would that I knew whether I shall ever spend a night
on the ridge of al-Ṣafā, with a south wind wafting over me?
At Ḥazm al-Ṣafā, with a south wind wafting over me;
وَهَلand whether آتِيَنَّI shall surely come to الحَيَّthe tribe شَطراًtoward بُيوتِهِمtheir dwellings
وَهَل آتِيَنَّ الحَيَّ شَطراً بُيوتِهِم
بِذيat Dhū جَوفَرٍJawfar شَيءٍa thing إِلَيَّto me عَجيبُwondrous
بِذي جَوفَرٍ شَيءٍ إِلَيَّ عَجيبُ
And shall I reach the tribe, making for their dwellings
And whether I shall ever come to the tribe, toward their dwellings,
at Dhū Jawfar? What a wondrous thing that would be to me—
At Dhū Jawfar—a thing wondrous to me—
غَداةَon the morning of رَبيعٍspring rain أَوor عَشِيَّةَon the evening of صَيِّفٍsummer rain
غَداةَ رَبيعٍ أَو عَشِيَّةَ صَيِّفٍ
لِقُرَيانِهِfor its watercourses جُنحَunder cover of الظَلامِdarkness دَبيبُa creeping flow
لِقُرَيانِهِ جُنحَ الظَلامِ دَبيبُ
on a morning of spring rain, or an evening of summer rain,
On a morning of spring rain or an evening of summer rain,
when, through its channels under darkness’s wing, the waters softly creep.
Its watercourses having a creeping flow under cover of darkness.
Sol 6.1